

| Subject: | Re: Cylinder Head Replacement |
| From: | J Stewart |
| Date: | Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:50:58 +0000 |
Ah, good point! Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- > No re torquing! The nuts have glue on then and if you re torque you will > break the seal...and then your nuts will leak :) > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 12, 2014, at 6:48, J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > > > I finally got around to getting my '85 Westy back on the road (out of > > necessity, my house is sold and I have to be out in two weeks!) To recap: > > right side head gasket blew, replaced gasket and re-used original head. > > 400 miles later head starts leaking again, this time around one of the > > head nuts. Thought is that maybe the head cracked. So, did the job again, > > this time with a new head. I now have about 300 miles and no problems so > > far. Question is: should the head be re-torqued at XXX miles? Jeff > > > > Jeff Stewart PLEASE NOTE: My cell phone number has changed to 703-674-9733
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